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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaGerald Wayne LANDIS
(1895-1971)
LANDIS, Gerald Wayne, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Bloomfield, Greene County,
Ind., February 23, 1895; attended the public schools of Linton,
Ind.; served as a lieutenant in the Infantry of the United States
Army in 1918 and 1919; was graduated from Indiana University at
Bloomington in 1923 and received master’s degree in 1938;
taught in the high schools at Linton, Ind., 1923-1938; elected as a
Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the four succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1949); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress;
delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1944 and Indiana
State convention in 1964; assistant to the Administrator, Commodity
Stabilization Service, Department of Agriculture, from April 1954
to January 1961; died in Linton, Ind., September 6, 1971; interment
in Fairview Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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